"Yes!" Although Zhao Jingping was puzzled by my order, as a staff officer, he knew that he should not ask too many questions on the battlefield, but should try to minimize the questions of the supreme commander, that is, me.

So the artillery fire soon stopped, and only the mortars of the Vietnamese army around the heights were still firing without a sound...... Most of the mortars brought by the Vietnamese army are light mortars, and the characteristic of light mortars is that they are light in weight and can be transferred at any time, so we really can't do anything about them...... They moved their positions with two artillery shots two kilometers away, and they were still on flat land that was easy to transfer, so we couldn't catch them.

But then again, these swimming mortars are of very limited use, that is, occasionally exploding a few shells on our high ground...... There was little threat to us hiding in the fortifications, so I went with them.

As soon as our cannon fire stopped, it surprised the more devils at the foot of the mountain...... You must know that at this time it is the time for the Vietnamese army to increase its troops, and it should be a very good opportunity for our army to stop the Vietnamese army, even if it is because the Vietnamese army is all veterans and knows how to dodge shells, but at least it can cause damage to a certain extent or slow down the speed of the Vietnamese army's assembly, how can the shelling be stopped at this time?!!

What the Vietnamese army didn't know was that I was unwilling to fight this battle at the pace of the Vietnamese army...... If the shelling continues, you can guess what will happen next...... The Vietnamese army has gathered more and more troops around our army, and the trenches and fortifications of Tong Mian have become more and more perfect, so when the Vietnamese army thinks that they are almost ready, they can use the trenches of Tong Mian as a cover to organize fire to attack our army......

Although I don't know how many troops the Vietnamese army has sent to besiege our 518.6 heights. But there are at least one or two battalions. And this is still the vanguard. Plus two battalions of the 481 and 544 heights behind them...... There were at least four battalions of Vietnamese troops in front of and behind the 518.6 heights.

As for our army, although there is also a battalion, there are only two companies of infantry, and the rest are basically engineers, artillery, and automobile soldiers who need infantry protection...... Even tanks became the object of infantry protection.

Of course, the Vietnamese army was not so easy, first of all, the Vietnamese army in the direction of the 481 heights and 544 heights had to face two infantry regiments of our army, one on the left and one on the right...... The two infantry regiments continued to launch exploratory attacks on the Vietnamese heights.

This is what I told Commander Huang from the very beginning...... Originally, Commander Hoang meant that once we penetrated into the rear of the Vietnamese army and took the 518.6 heights, then we would immediately launch a strong attack on the first two heights.

Commander Huang's style of play also has a certain amount of truth. The supply lines of the Vietnamese army have been cut off...... There is no doubt that launching a strong attack can consume the ammunition of the Vietnamese army on the first two heights in a multiplier amount, and once the ammunition of the Vietnamese army is almost exhausted, then the death period of the Vietnamese army will come.

However, I strongly opposed this plan, because Heights 481 and 544 are two dangerous places, and another meaning of this plan is that our army will pay heavy casualties. Even if Zuihou can take down Banwang, it will be a miserable victory.

For me, every fighter's life is precious, so of course I don't choose this style of play...... What's more, a tentative offensive can also contain the strength of the Vietnamese army, and it can also consume the ammunition of the Vietnamese army, which is only a matter of time. The difference is that the pressure on our synthetic battalion will be greater...... Because at this time, we were stuck in the throat of the protrusion of Banwang, and the Vietnamese army had to get rid of us as soon as possible......

In fact, I also know that Commander Huang does not want to attack head-on. Everyone knows that a strong attack on such terrain must be filled with the corpses of soldiers, and Commander Huang is not the kind of person who uses the lives of soldiers to pave his career path, he would say so...... It's just that I don't want to go to ...... This Banwang area was originally their mission, but now it has become the main attack of our battalion, so he wants to make our synthetic battalion suffer as few casualties as possible, even if it is in exchange for the lives of his subordinates...... But since I've done that, there's not much more for him to say.

So that's how the battle went...... Two infantry regiments pinned down two battalions of the Vietnamese army in the direction of heights 481 and 544, and three artillery regiments provided us with artillery assistance as much as possible, and the rest ...... It's up to us to synthesize the skills of the battalion.

Therefore, the situation on the battlefield is still quite grim, and the Vietnamese army has much more troops than us...... The way we decided to win at the beginning was to use a large amount of artillery support to kill and wound as many Vietnamese troops as possible in order to reduce the pressure on our troops, so Zhao Jingping was surprised that we ordered to stop the shelling.

But I have a reason for doing this...... Originally, the Vietnamese army had been assembled in the Tongmian area, and even the time and steps had been estimated, but at this time, I suddenly stopped the artillery fire, so the rhythm of the Vietnamese army suddenly became faster...... To put it simply, because there was no artillery fire to stop the advance of the Vietnamese army, the speed suddenly became faster, so the Tongmian fortifications were not completed and suddenly gathered too many Vietnamese troops......

The Vietnamese commander quickly sensed the danger, but by this time he was already in a dilemma...... Do you want to continue to send troops upwards? It will undoubtedly make Tongmian's troops too dense; Don't send it...... The strength of the Tongmian is not enough to launch a charge, and more importantly, the fortifications of the Tongmian have not been completed, and the soldiers of the Tongmian themselves are in danger; Let's bring back the soldiers of Tongmian...... This seems to be another useless exercise!

The Zuihou Vietnamese army still stubbornly launched a charge with Tong Mian's soldiers. First of all, as usual, the artillery shells were used to open the way, and a "boom" of rows and rows of shells exploded between Tongmian and our defense line...... This is in order to blow up the mines that our army has to lay that can be laid.

In fact, before that, we knew that these places were within the bombardment range of the Vietnamese artillery, so we didn't do this kind of useless work at all...... Landmines are easy to use, but it also depends on where they are used, and if you know that the Vietnamese army will have artillery to open the way and still lay mines, it can only be said that it is a waste of time and effort...... It is obviously more practical to use this energy to transport a few boxes of shells.

The artillery of the Vietnamese army was still quite fierce...... Batches of shells smashed up fiercely, only to hit the 518.6 heights, and the mountains shook for a while, and thick smoke rose everywhere.

However, although the explosion was fierce, the time was short, and after two or three batches, it disappeared...... This is because everyone knows that they are afraid of the suppression of our army's long-range artillery fire, so they hurriedly change places after firing a few shots.

Then the Vietnamese army shouted and rushed up with the smoke and craters of the shells......

After a cursory observation, the distribution of the Vietnamese army's forces was one company to attack our defensive line, one company to use the fortifications and remnants of Tong Mian to provide cover for it, and another company to serve as a follow-up force on the road......

There is a saying called "divide and attack", of course I will not let them follow this follow-up force so easily, with my order...... The barrage of artillery fire began again, and this time the barrage was more intense than the previous one, and it could almost be said that a wall of fire was created in front of the Vietnamese infantry, and the Vietnamese follow-up troops were desperately blocked on the other side.

Almost at the same time...... The offensive of our troops began. That's right, not only did we not have a defense, but we launched a counteroffensive against the enemy......

The difference between defense and counter-offensive at this time is ...... If our army is passively defensive, then the Vietnamese army will retreat in a hurry as soon as it sees that the situation is not good, and even retreat to Tongmian to organize a defensive line and wait for support.

But if we launch a counteroffensive at the same time as the enemy attacks...... Then the Vietnamese army will not be in a hurry to retreat at all, because as soon as it retreats, its back will be bright in front of us, and then we will be killed into Tongmian like a duck...... Then there is no need to say what the results will be.

So...... At this time, the Vietnamese army had no way to retreat, so they could only go up!

Our army's offensive was like this, first of all, the mortar company fired a cannon at the Vietnamese army's charging troops, and then the first line of defense but let the covering fire stand still, and the soldiers of the second line of defense, that is, the second company led by Scar, fiercely met the Vietnamese army with submachine guns......

The Vietnamese army also wanted to organize fire to press back the troops of the second company under the cover fire of Tong Mian, but soon they found that a mortar had smashed on their heads...... Suddenly, the roar of a tank motor could be heard in the smoke.

This is a big problem for the Vietnamese army in Tongmian...... In front was the Chinese army, which had the superior forces and also occupied the favorable terrain, on the right flank was the tank unit that came out of nowhere, and in the rear was a wall of fire blown out by artillery fire......

Just now, the Vietnamese army thought that the Chinese army was surrounded by them...... Only then did I suddenly realize that I was surrounded by myself!

However, the 320th Division of the Vietnamese Army is also worthy of being an ace division...... They didn't choose to escape through the only gap......

In fact, this is a tactic called "encircling three ques" in military terms...... If you want to achieve the greatest result at the minimum cost, then don't surround the enemy to death, because that will make the enemy fight in a trap beast, and will force the enemy to fight with you to Zuihou with a shot, which is often a lose-lose situation.

But "Wai Sanque Yi" is different...... As the name suggests, this tactic is to deliberately open a gap in the encirclement, so that the enemy can see a hope of "life", so that the enemy's determination and morale to resist desperately will be greatly challenged, and even retreat towards the gap like a mountain of defeat...... At this time, our army will chase and kill again, and it will be easy to achieve the goal of "exchanging the greatest result for the minimum price".

Merely...... After all, the 320th Division of the Vietnamese Army was not an ordinary unit, and at this time they did not choose to retreat, but quickly adjusted their defensive direction and prepared to meet the enemy...... (To be continued......)